Improvement of the quality of the environment and improving the quality of life by the individual care, etc. are being attempted nursing home for the aged. However, there is some actuality that type of facilities or the form brings differences of life and nursing care. For four facilities, by grasping the actual condition of each life and nursing care from the relation with quantity of care-worker, the purpose of this study clarifies it. Investigation carried out at one traditional-model nursing home for the aged, two new-model "unit-type" nursing homes and one group living for the elderly with dementia. Space usage and action observation of the residents and nursing staffs have done away with main research method. In the following, got conclusion is summarized. (1) There was not large difference in the physical situation of the user at each facility. (2) In the traditional-model facilities, there are many stays in the bedroom, and unit-type facilities, the proportion of the common space increases, and in the group living, the tendency increases more and more. (3) There is no change on the quantity of the basic nursing care in which facilities. (4) The quantity of the care workers is greatly influenced on the quantity of the nursing that support and improve the life. This fact shows that the number of staffs must be caught as a very important element that affect quality of life of the residents.
